It's a Wonderful Day...

Good morning bloggers....it's the weekend...yay!!  I have been a bad blogger lately but things have been really manic at work however should settle down come Wednesday as I move into a new role....thank goodness, it's somebody else's turn to do the extra work!!

So I am combining both challenges today as I have been snowed under at work...so first up we have Buttons for Brains....

and next Sweet Stampin.....the theme this week is "Summer Fun"....a nice easy challenge!!

Our sponsor this week is Hobbykutz who are giving a £7.50 voucher for one lucky winner...woo hoo!!

So, I have to say that I just love blue and green together and for my card I have used those fabby papers from Doodlebug which are available from the Buttons for Brains store...they are just so vibrant and colourful!!  I layered the papers onto bazzill card and distressed the edges. The stamp is Wonderful Day from Funky Kits which I have coloured with spectrum noirs and shaded with polychromos.  The flower has been cut with a flower from one of the blueprints, the sun I cut with a sizzlits die and then dotted some gems on...

challenges:
Allsorts - summer girls
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Graph It's - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes
Wags n Whiskers - summer fun
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Deep Ocean - favourite colour combo
Addicted to Stamps - polka dots
My Mum's Craft Shop - ink it up

Fi

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A Little bit sunshine...

Good morning sugar fans and my scheduled post.

I thought since the weather seems to have changed for the better that I wanted to share a bit of sunshine while it lasts....hopefully when you read this the sun will be shining!!

Now this is Bella Bunting and is a fabby wee stamp and is available in rubber from Funky Kits here!!

I have gone for the CAS look for this card and I do really love that type of card especially on a white background as the image really pops...making the main focus the image!

I have embossed the background with white clouds and layered onto yellow bazill card, the die cuts are all various die-namics dies...love them....and added some teeny pearls to finish.

Remember there's a special promotion over at Funky Kits until the end of the month...check it out here!!

Hope you like this weeks card and remember to pop back tomorrow for some more inspiration from the team.

Challenges:
Delightful Challenges - Hello Sunshine
Graph It's Markers - oranges and lemons
Totally Gorjuss - lace
Divas by Design - anything goes

Fi

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Bluebell

Good morning Sugar fans!!

Now this stamp is called Leanne Ellis's Bluebell from Sugar Nellie which is available at Funky Kits in either rubber or digi here!

The Papers are from MME Cambridge Court which are really colourful...don't you think?? I layered the papers onto bazzill card and added some doodles of course. there's also a piece of aqua lace been added to one of the layers just to give a bit more texture along with a dotty ribbon and bow....the flower and leafy swirl has been cut using my die-namics....I also added some pearls made with my pearl pen....love my pearl pen!

Hope you likey!!

challenges:
Bearly Mine - flowers
Graph It Markers - let's go pink

Fi

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A quickie before bed...

Hi folks...just a wee quickie before I go to bed!!  This has to be one of my favourite little fairies from LOTV which I have coloured with copics and then shaded with polychromos, I actually used graph it markers for the skin.  The papers are MME....which are really pretty IRL!!  I have layered them onto bazzill card. The flowers have been cut with various die-namics rolled roses.  I added some lace and ribbon....oh and yes I added those teeny weeny pearls to the corners....hope you likey!!

Remember to check out my birthday candy at the top of my page.

challenges:

Sketchy Colours - sketch

The Ribbon Girls - lovely Lili challenge with pearls

Graph Its Challenge - let's go pink

Simon Says Stamp - spring flowers

My Mum's Craft Shop - lots of layers

LOTV - fairies

Fi

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A little bit of cake....

Hi folks...a bit late with my post today but better late then never!!

I have been busy making some jewellery, once I'm done I will share on my blog...I am sooooo chuffed with how it has turned out so far!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is Fairies or Fantasy....we know you love your fairies...there's so many pretty ones out there!!  Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Crafty Devils, who are giving one lucky winner a £15 voucher for their store...how fab is that??

So for my card I followed the sketch over on the Ideas to Inspire blog and then I have used Echo Park Bundle of Joy papers, which have been layered onto bazzill card, I distressed around the edges of each of the layers, the stamp is Cake Glorious Cake from LOTV which I have coloured with copics and graph it markers and then did my usual shading with polychromos. I added some stickles to the wings and the cake....love a bit sparkle.  I also added a piece of lace and a ribbon bow, the pearls were made using my pearl pen....oops and doodles!!

challenges:

LOTV - Fairies

Bunny Zoe - distress

My Mum's Craft Shop - lots of layers

Graph It Markers - pink, pink, pink

Totally Gorjuss - things with wings

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl Challenge 114

Good morning sugar fans!  

Well it would appear the weather seems to be getting a bit better and more spring like which actually leads right into a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl......the them for this month is "Spring/Easter"....another easy one!

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible. 

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Springtime, which I layered onto bazzill card and doodled around the edges, the stamp is Bashful from the Diane Duda range from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits, which is actually on sale!!  I coloured this image with promarkers this time.  The flower is a die-namics hybrid rose.....oh and I added some teeny pearls made with my pearl pen to finish.

challenges:
Crafters Cafe - doodling
I ♥ Promarkers - anything goes
Graph It's Challenge - springtime pastels
My Mum's Craft Shop - spring/easter



Fi
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Happy hippy chick...

Well howdy Saturday bloggers!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is "humour"...we are sponsored by the wonderful Cuddly Buddly and Crafts U Love....pop over and check it out!!

So for my card I thought it had to be this stamp which I think is fab!!  We don't always want to see those skinny little girlies...some of us are hippy chicks!!

The papers are from Carta Bella, which I layered onto kraft card, the stamp is from overseas and I can't really remember which make it is but I coloured her with copics.  I added some twine and ribbon and a little die cut button...hope you likey!!

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - red

Totally Gorjuss - twine/string
Graph It's - colour denim
Cute Card Thursday - buttons and bows
Fab n Funky - spots or stripes

Fi

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A Little Hug...

Hello everyone...hope you are all enjoying your weekend!!  I have been a bit manic with work recently however this is the first weekend in a wee while that I haven't had to work so priorities right and a card was in the making!!

The lovely Abi sent me these papers and they are beautiful, gorgeous colours and right up my street...thank you my love!! So I hope you like what I have made with them...

So this is my favourite sketch...you may have noticed, I sometimes do a wee variation it it though...the stamp is "A Little Hug" from Leanne Ellis at Sugar Nellie, the papers are MME - Hattie, the flowers have been cut with 2 different die-namics dies, the buttons have also been cut using a die-namics die. The hearts have been cut with my sizzix hearts die....so I am not into valentines although I think this looks ok, non pink but with hearts.

I layers the papers onto kraft card and doodled around each of the edges of the layers, I also did a bit of distressing to the layers, I coloured the image with copics and then shaded with polychromos.  I layered the image onto the card and added a ribbon and tied a little bow at the side.  I attached a die cut button and charm, added the die cut flowers and hearts. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions which I thought matched the image well...

supplies:

papers - MME Hattie

stamp - A Little Hug - Funky Kits

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

charm - The Hobby House

pearls - The Hobby House

ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

dies - die-namics buttons, rolled rose/flower (My Mum's Craft Shop)

die - sizzix heart

challenges:

Bunny Zoe - hearts

My Mum's Craft Shop - spots and stripes

Crafty Ribbons - ribbons and bows

The Hobby House - anything goes

Graph It's - florals/love

Stampin for the Weekend - flowers

4 Crafty Chicks - pearls

Simon Says Stamp - get krafty

Papertake Weekly - with a heart
ABC Challenge - F for flowers
Color me Creative - anything goes
The Kraft Journal - love

Fi

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Stitching at Sweet Stampin

Hey folks...I am a little late with my card....what a manic weekend I have had however that should be last of working extra now!!

This weeks challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "stitching"...that can be fake or real!!

This week we are sponsored by the adorable Di's Digi Stamps

who are giving one lucky winner a $12 voucher to spend online here...http://www.disdigistamps.com/

and we have our monthly sponsor..Cuddly Buddly..

and there's a £10 voucher up for grabs at the end of each month.

For my card I have used papers from MME Collectable collection and layered them on to bazzill card.  I distressed the edges of each of the layers with my TH distress tool.  I also added stitching to each of the panels. I added a piece of lace under one of the layers...blink and you miss it...lol!! The image is Daisy from Sugar Nellie (which is no longer available as a SN image)  I coloured Daisy with copics and shaded with polychromos.  The flowers have been cut with my die-namics flower trio die.  I added a ribbon bow and fastened with a button and charm and finished with some pearls to the centres of the flowers and the corners of the layers....hope you likey!!

supplies:
papers - MME Collectable - My Mums Craft Shop
stamp - Daisy
pens - copics
dies - die-namics flower trio die - My Mums Craft Shop
button - My Mums Craft Shop
lace/ribbon - The Ribbon Girl
charm - The Hobby House

challenges:
The Ribbon Girls - anything goes
The Hobby House - ribbons
Graph Its - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - bow dies


Fi
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Sweet Stampin DT card...

Good morning folks....and my first post of the day....this card sums it up today....brrrrr!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is "tags".....use a tag somewhere on your card.

This week we are sponsored by The Stamp Fairy and we have our monthly sponsor The ribbon girl...both giving £10 vouchers to one lucky winner.

for my card I have used papers from Echo Park - tis the Season, the image is George and Friends from The Stamp Fairy wich I have coloured with copics.  The snowflakes have been cut with my die-namics let it Snowflake set and glittered up and then popped a gem in the centres.  The tag is from LOTV...hope you likey!!

challenges:
Creative Corner - let it snow
Hannah and Friends - glitter
ABC Christmas Challenge - winter wishes
Deep Ocean - winter
papertake Weekly - snow and ice
Graph It's - anything goes
Color Me Creative - winter, cold and frosty

Fi

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GDT card for LOTV...

Good morning folks, and my scheduled post....which normally means I am at work but this morning I am off, so catching up on some housework etc ahead of my mammoth 4 month task to sort some stuff at work...

Well this is the last card from me as GDT for LOTV Ideas to Inspire, i love these stamps soooo much and it has been an honour having my cards displayed on their blog.

The stamp I have used is The Top Hat, coloured with copics, the message is from the Grungy christmas sentiments set the papers are Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate...I do need to find me some more of them...the snowflakes have been cut using my die-namics let it snowflake set and then I added some stickles to them.  I finished with that huge button...hope you likey!!


challenges:
Cutie Pie challenge -  Cute with bingo embellishments (glitter, pearls, bow)
Here Come the Boys - christmas in brown and cream
Penny Black and more - anything goes
Graph its - alternative christmas colour
Winter wonderland - check this out

Fi

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